Hello! My name is Courtney. I was just banded on the 4th and so far I feel great! It's really weird feeling this good considering I just had surgery and am living on liquids. I'm glad I found this forum because it looks like a good place for support from people who are going through the same thing.

Welcome courtney I

had lap band almost two years ago. I' m here for ya. :tongue2:

Hi Courtney,

I live in McKinney just outside of Dallas and I'm being banded on July 11th at Baylor Plano. Hope we both do great with our new weight loss tools.

Waynette

HELLO EVERYONE! MY NAME IS ERIN AND I AM LOOKING TO GET BANDED SOME TIME THIS SUMMER. MY HUSBAND WAS ABSOLUTLY AGAINST IT WHEN WE WENT TO THE SEMINAR BACK IN FEBRUARY, HE DID NOT LIKE THE RISKS. I TRIED HIS WAY FOR THREE MORE MONTHS OF WW AND DIETING AND IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT. I COULDN'T REALLY EXCERCISE BECAUSE I AM 38 AND NEED A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT AND THE PAIN WAS TOO INTENSE. I WENT TO THE DR WITH MY FRIEND AND THE NURSE WAS TELLING US SHE HAD THE LAPBAND DONE AND LOST 115LBS IN TWO YEARS AND THAT IT WAS THE BEST THING SHE EVER DID. I CALLED MY HUSBAND FROM THAT DR.'S OFFICE AND SAID i'M DOING THE SURGERY! BY THE NEXT DAY I HAD CALLED MY DR AND MADE THE APPTS FOR THIS WEEK TO SEE ALL THE SPECIALISTS. IM HAVING MY SURGERY AT MAIMOMIDIES AND THEY SAID IF I HAVE ALL MY PAPERS I CAN GO AS SOON AS EARLY AUGUST!!!! THANK GOD MY DR HAS BEEN KEEPING RECORDS ON ME AND MY WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE PAST YEAR.

I AM READING THESE POSTS AND I AM GETTING SO MOTIVATED, I AM READY TO CHANGE MY LIFE AND I KNOW IT WON'T BE EASY BUT THIS SITE WILL DEFINATELY HELP. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON MY SURGERY DATE.

ERIN:w00t:

Hi and welcome!

I had mine in April and it's the best thing I ever did. Like you I felt great within just a few days of my surgery. Keep up the great work it really pays off :tongue2:

Thank you everybody!

Mark and Waynette, that's cool you live so close to me. :thumbup:

Welcome and hello from Houston!! Been banded going on 3 years soon...good luck with your journey!

Looks like alot of us TX ppl, I am getting banded in Temple soon just no actual date yet! Good luck with your journey!

welcome im new here also i have had my band for over a year , im from corpus christi, tx:w00t:

Banded in Houston on 6/5! Good luck!

Hi all... Banded on 6/5/08 and already down 11 lbs...woo hoo I love this thing... I am also in TX...North Texas area. Would love to know how much everyone else who is recently banded in the last month is losing...and how they are feeling.